Appointment of Interim U.S. Attorneys
The attorney general can appoint interim U.S. Attorneys to successive 120-day terms of office unless the nominee is someone to whom the Senate has refused to give advice and consent by a vote either in committee or on the floor.
Read moreMichigan Wineries Win $50 Million in Fight Against Local Zoning Rules
Small vineyard overlooking Lake Michigan
Read moreToday in Supreme Court History: July 26, 1892
7/26/1892: Justice George Shiras Jr. takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 26, 1892 appeared first on Reason.com.
Read moreToday in Supreme Court History: July 25, 1965
7/25/1965: Justice Arthur J. Goldberg resigns. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 25, 1965 appeared first on Reason.com.
Read moreToday in Supreme Court History: July 24, 1997
7/24/1997: Justice William Brennan dies.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 24, 1997 appeared first on Reason.com.
Read moreHow Airline Miles Turned Into a Multibillion Dollar Currency
How a fringe marketing idea became the backbone of airline profits—and a gateway to global luxury travel
Read moreIf Trump Wants American Businesses To Thrive, He Should Get Rid of Government Subsidies
Federal subsidies undermine American companies, breed dependency, and stifle competition.
Read moreMy Jotwell Review of Michael Ramsey's "The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases"
The article makes a compelling argument that has broader implications.
Read moreTrump Seeks Even Higher Tariffs: 'Between 15 Percent and 50 Percent' on Imports From All Countries
Illustration of Donald Trump, a line trending upwards, and shipping containers.
Read moreThe FCC's Paramount/Skydance Decision Aims To Reshape Broadcast Journalism by Bureaucratic Fiat
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifying before a Senate subcommittee
Read moreShort Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
A sovereign See, a safehouse, and an infinite number of pronouns.
Read moreBoston Judge Dismisses Over 120 Cases Because There Aren't Enough Public Defense Attorneys
After a pay dispute led to a work stoppage in late May, courts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, dismissed cases of indigent defendants who had no legal representation for 45 days.
Read moreTrump's Tariffs and Japan Deal Could Encourage Toyota To Move Manufacturing Jobs Out of America
Toyota car manufacturing
Read moreD.C. Police Worried That Fear of Terrorism Could Inspire More Terrorism
Police officers monitor a ''No War on Iran'' demonstration outside the White House in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2025.
Read moreThe Fantastic Four: First Steps Positions Superheroes as Benevolent Techno-Authoritarians
Scene from "The Fantastic Four: First Steps"
Read moreX's Win in Federal Court Is a Victory for Free Speech and Open Disclosure
Elon Musk with DOJ logo and X logo
Read moreDiversity Statements and the First Amendment
My new article on diversity statements in faculty hiring and the First Amendment
Read moreAbolish the U.S. Surgeon General
The logo for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with cracks throughout.
Read moreBaseball, and the Vanishing Art of Forgiveness
A Sports Illustrated with Dick Allen on the cover, placed on the top spot on a winner's podium
Read moreReview: Denmark's Viking Ship Museum Offers a Glimpse Into Life at Sea
On display are five real Viking ships, intentionally sunk in Roskilde Fjord around 1,000 years ago to form a defensive barrier.
Read moreBrickbat: Saturday in the Park
People sit on the grass during an outdoor concert in a park.
Read moreSG to SCOTUS: "District-Court Defiance of this Court's Decision in California has Grown to Epidemic Proportions"
"For good reason, the Constitution vests the 'judicial Power' in 'one supreme Court,' to which all others are 'inferior Courts.'"
Read moreAppeals Court Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order is Unconstitutional and Upholds Nationwide Injunction Against it
The court ruled that a nationwide injunction is the only way to provide complete relief to the state government plaintiffs in the case.
Read moreThis Bill Would Fine Social Media Companies $5 Million Every Day for Not Fighting 'Terrorism'
Rep. Josh Gottheimer leaves the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 22, 2025/
Read moreTrump v. The Wall Street Journal
Trial of the Century! See the Billionaire Media Titans Wrestling in the Mud! Coming to your screens this Fall!
Read moreTrump's Birthright Citizenship Order Is Unconstitutional, Says the First Appeals Court to Consider the Issue
President Donald Trump addresses a gathering of U.S. senators at the White House
Read moreThe Feds Roll Back Their Influence Over NPR Only To Claim Greater Influence Over TikTok
Social media apps on a smartphone
Read moreGary Taubes: MAHA, Ultra-Processed Foods, and Bad Science
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. next to text that says "The good & the bad".
Read moreHere's How the AI Action Plan Will Accelerate—and Throttle—AI Innovation
Illustration of Trump next to a humanoid robot
Read moreColumbia's $200 Million Deal Will Placate Trump—for Now
Donald Trump in front of a picture of Columbia University
Read moreCalifornia Is Advancing a Bill To Punish Social Media Companies for Not Suppressing Speech
Social media app icons on a smartphone
Read moreCourt Rules New York State Police Must Disclose Officer Names in Misconduct Records
New York state police patch
Read moreDid USAID Really Save 90 Million Lives? Not Unless It Raised the Dead
Protestor sign that reads, "One of millions who starved w/o USAID"
Read moreTrump Doesn't Need To Fire Jerome Powell. He Needs To End America's Spending Addiction.
President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
Read moreTreasonous Conspiracy
Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) appears before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
Read moreCurtailing Federal Control Over Emissions Should Be Done by Congress, Not the EPA
A sign for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Read moreWhat Neil Gorsuch Gets Wrong About Judges and Government Power
Justice Neil Gorsuch against an orange background with white and orange textured blocks
Read moreA Beatnik Tourist in Ayahuasca Country
William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg's trip reports form one of the most entertaining books in the Beat canon.
Read moreBrickbat: Don't Come Around Here No More
Two police SUVs sit parked outside a residential home.
Read moreHallucinations in the District of New Jersey
Is it an abuse of judicial power for a judge to issue an opinion with AI hallucinations?
Read moreJustice Kagan Doth Protest Too Much About The Emergency Docket
Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson could have joined Justice Kavanaugh to grant cert in the CPSC case, but they didn't.
Read moreNinth Circuit Upholds Nationwide Injunction in State Suit Against Birthright Citizenship Order
Judge Bumatay objects on standing grounds, arguing that courts should not seek to offset narrowing one form of relief by expanding another: "That would be like squeezing one end of a balloon—it just pushes all the air to the other end."
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